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Oh Baby-Baby...

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"...How sweeeeet* are they! "

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...Ooohhh...~Images like these really make me want to have children! (either that or I just don't want to grow up!) errr...here I am too busy & fully scheduled to even 'baby' myself! Wel-well-well...certainly got me thinking about my late grandmother who raised her own 9 children!(No, we are not from any 'compound' from Utah!) Anyway, my father is the second of 9 siblings!!! Wow-wee...how did she do it all??? Sometimes I regret for not asking her the details of raising 9 children by herself...how she managed to keep her breasts looking so FIRM without any plastic surgery! & all her good YUMMY recipes too... Unfortunately she has gone home to be with the Lord about 14 years ago. All I know, I'm quite sure grandma did struggle very much...but thankfully, everything turned out alright at the end for her & her family...my family! Thanks Granny, for giving me the strength to carry on...my 'struggle' is not the same as hers, but I know I'll be alright too...~XOXO*

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-Images & Design:INKE Wildlife Silhouettesare made from vintage wallpaper, they are all hand crafted in a purpose built workshop which also operates as a “back to work” facility for people with special needs, located in DZB, Leiden, Netherlands. Each pattern is available in limited quantities & sent out as a "do it yourself kit" complete with glue, a brush and instructions.

oh my gosh those pictures make me want to have kids of my own... but then i go to the shopping centre and see i see children screaming, running around and make a scene and i retract the statement back... lol

but beautiful photos as per usual hon :) your grandmother was a very strong woman!

I have worn tired of wall decals but these are great!! We have a lot to learn from these strong women who raised large families without the conveniences we have today. I raised four, can't image 9!? I am impressed. :D deb

my grandpa came from a huge family too. i think there were 9 or 10 kids, but a couple died of polio. perhaps birth control was frowned upon? or they had sex like rabbits? or the mamas back then were fertile myrtles? humph.

my kids would love that! {lol maybe its me that secretly wants it... lol} sadly I am an only child, but my grandparent all come from 13+ (ish) families..hello 10,000 cousins! lol {I hope whatever you are going through right now is getting better!}

awww...these are amazing..what inspiration!!! I can relate to the big families..My Dad's mom had 17 pregnancies...only ended up with 13 of the children..haha I can't believe I just said only. My Mom's mom had 11 children...We are from Prince Edward Island and they were all on farms...I guess they had lots of helping hands around. I could NOT imagine that in these days.My grammies are still here but my grandfathers just passed in the last couple years...its sad to see them go.Man, I misssed your beautiful blog.

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